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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE

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  • Classics in Conversation

    Pt. 2 of “Classics in Conversation” explores the extent to which young adult fiction can play a role in making the discpline more accessible, and whether it really is just the study of “dead white men”.

  • The Song of Achilles, 10 Years On

    Written by Justin Biggi. The Song of Achilles has been praised for it’s treatment of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, one which has historically been controversial for academics. But does Miller’s retelling stand the test of time?

  • “Know No Shame”: Black Sails and Writing the Historical Fiction of Sexuality

    Written by Jess Womack. The television series, Black Sails, approaches the question of “pre-modern” sexuality. Through a range of individual experiences, it offers a route to writing the historical fiction of sexuality.

  • Spilling Over: Ovid’s Heroides and the Mythological Female Voice

    Written by Hazel Atkinson. Ovid’s Heroides is one of his most understudied texts. It consists of fifteen “letter” poems written from the perspective of various female characters of Greek myth. How might the text alter our perceptions of Greek myth and writings about it?

  • Argentine Women and Mass Political Participation in the Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries

    Written by Hanna Derouin. Women’s increasing engagement in Argentine politics paradoxically emerged through traditional gender roles. From schooling to the figure of Eva Peron, Argentinian women used their positions as mothers and caregivers to establish themselves politically.

  • Violence, Glue Sniffing, and Liberation: Global 1968 in Japan

    Written by Jack Bennett. Shinjuku was the centre of national political struggles and counter-culture in late 1960s Japan. In the paradox of the collective embrace of individualism, a new revolutionary identity politics emerged.

  • The Peter Higgs Plaque and its Background

    Written by Kat Jivkova. Peter Higgs, the physicist responsible for the discovery of the Higgs boson, is celebrated in a plaque at his former Edinburgh residence. Now an Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, Higgs’ exceptional advancements in the field saw him awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013.

  • Richard Duke of York: The Almost King.

    Written by Alex Smith. The Wars of the Roses are a well known marker of late medieval history, but how did they come to happen? The life of Richard, third Duke of York can offer insight into the years before civil war.